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Despite the efforts made over time to try to give the best possible shine all''evento, the Four Continents Championships, now it reached its eighteenth edition, continue to be considered a competition of several athletes from the second floor.
Saturday 13 February 2016 4 minutes reading time
Not surprisingly, in the six weeks before the races, you have followed waivers, mostly & ugrave; of high profile skaters.
The first to chimarsi out at the end of December & egrave; was the Japanese Yuzuru Hanyu, who kindly declined the 'invitation remarking to be focused on the World Cup. In late January, & egrave; was the turn of American Ashley Wagner, followed closely by training partner Adam Rippon and the Japanese Mao Asada. All put forward the same reasons the Olympic champion.
Previously, the fifteen-Kazakh Elizabet Tursynbaeva had opted for youth Olympic Games of Lillehammer and China had reached the flat-rate news of artistic couple Peng / Zhang due to physical problems of Hao Zhang.
In addition, at the end of the US National Championships, Nathan Chen has aggravated a previous injury and all''anca & egrave; finished under the knife closing early season ..
In recent days, the Canadian federation has announced the withdrawal of Gabrielle Daleman and artistic couple Seguin / Bilodeau, because of injury of insignificant entity & agrave ;, which would have to memorize options have jeopardized the phase of World Cup preparation.
Last but not least, the night & egrave; was announced that 'the absence of US Polina Edmunds. The defending champion said they had changed shoes a few days and not to be perci memorize options able to compete remarking how every argument has been made according to the World Championships in Boston.
Dribs and drabs, in place of the absent have got a place for the 'imminent edition Canadians Veronik Mallet and Grenier / Deschamps, the Japanese Keiji Tanaka and Kanako Murakami, US Mirai Nagasu, Karen Chen, Grant Hochstein and Ross Miner.
On balance, the average level of dell''evento & egrave; lowered dramatically, but, in all honesty & agrave ;, it is a gi & agrave film; seen.
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